Dr. Robert Boydston, a Chiropractor in Fresno...Explains:
The holidays are a wonderful time. Families get together. People take time to reach out to neighbors and friends. It is a time I thoroughly look forward to each year.
For many the holidays can also be very stressful. Shopping, crowded stores, cleaning, cooking, and travel creates a lot of undue stress.
I had a patient tell me today, "you know I notice my back hurts a lot more when I get stressed." The reason for the increase in pain is not always apparent. How does stress affect the discs, muscles, and joints in the back? How is stress and back pain connected.
Stress creates a cascading release of chemicals in the body. Cortisol levels increase, leading to increased insulin, which leads to more cortisol, which leads to more insulin...it is a viscious cycle. Cortisol is toxic to the brain...it causes a decreased frequency of firing of the cerebellum.
The cerebellum is the posterior part of your brain. It is responsible for controlling the tiny muscles that attach to the vertebrae and move the spinal joints. When the cerebellum decreases its firing, the msucles of the back spasm and lock up the spinal joints...increasing your back pain.
To successfully eliminate back pain...some patients require that we strengthen and rehabilitate the cerebellum with Boydston Brain Based Rehabilitation. With other patients Spinal Decompression with the DRX9000 is all that is needed. Usually a combination of spinal decompression, ATM2 spinal rehabilitation, and Brain Based Rehabilitation, are needed to eliminate chronic back pain.
We are Fresno's leader in non-surgical back pain treatment because we take a comprehensive approach. We understand that the pain can originate in the spinal joints, discs, or muscles. With our DRX9000 Lumbar Spinal Decompression System, ATM2 Back Pain Machine, and Boydston Brain Based Rehabilitation, back pain doesn't stand a chance.
During this holiday season, take a step back from the hussle and bussle of shopping and cooking, take a few deep breaths, and try to remember what the holidays are all about. Take time to help out a friend, family member, or neighbor.
If your back pain is keeping you from enjoying the season then it is a perfect time to take the next step and see if you are a candidate for our non-surgical back pain treatment program.
Would like to see if the DRX9000 and the ATM2 Back Pain Machine can help you? Call the Boydston Institute...in Clovis, CA...just 2 blocks east of Fresno...at 559-297-9218. Ask for a Spinal Decompression Consultation with Dr. Robert Boydston. If you have a question Contact Us.
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